ColdFusion 9.0 Resources

Create the keystore

Generate the SSL server (ColdFusion) keystore file by using the keytool utility, with a command like the following:

keytool -genkey -v -alias FlexAssembler -dname "cn=FlexAssembler" -keystore cf.keystore -keypass mypassword -storepass mypassword

The following table describes the parameters of the keytool utility that you use:

Parameter	Description
`-alias`	The name of the keystore entry. You can use any name as long as you are consistent when referring to it.
`-dname`	The Distinguished Name, which contains the Common Name (cn) of the server.
`-keystore`	The location of the keystore file.
`-keypass`	The password for your private key.
`-storepass`	The password for the keystore. The encrypted storepass is stored in ColdFusion configuration files.
`-rfc`	Generates the certificate in the printable encoding format.
`-file`	The name of the keystore file.
`-v`	Generates detailed certificate information.

Next, you place the certificate that you created in the file that the JVM uses to decide what certificates to trust. The file in which you place the certificate (usually named cacerts), is located in the JRE, under the lib/security folder.